A. IRA is the best retirement plan for the following types of people:
- There is no employer-sponsored 401K plan
- Already maximized 401K saving, but still with money to invest
- Have no job and no income, but your spouse can help you fund the IRA account
- Self-employed person (in addition to IRA, you can also consider Solo 401K, Simplified IRA or SEP IRA)
- You left previous employer and want to rollover the 401K to an IRA (or consolidate all the previous job-related 401K to an IRA)